Olivia Irvine is based in Edinburgh, Scotland
I am an oil and egg tempera painter, drawing inspiration from family life, my house and garden, trips and holidays. I use sketchbooks, memory, point of reference and imagination, as well as the formal qualities of painting, especialy colour, to make my figurative compositions. I try to capture awkward and poetic moments that fascinate and sometimes disturb.
Solo exhibitions
- 2011 Remembered Rooms, 3 Harbours Arts Festival, Port Seton
- 2010 Olivia Irvine and Fiona Jappy, Union Gallery, Edinburgh
- 2008 Iceland and other works, Port Seton, Three Harbours Arts Festival
Group exhibitions
- 2012 Working/ Drawing, The Dock, Carrick- on- Shannon, Eire
- 2011 The Force and Form of Memory, Compass Gallery, Glasgow and touring
Educational experience - tertiary
- 2012 Continuing Education Tutor, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh (since 2003)
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